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Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place

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问题 Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes. They are left in the 【C1】______ of strangers for the rest of their lives. Their 【C2】______ children visit, them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any 【C3】______ visitors. The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth--an 【C4】______ story. In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care 【C5】______ elderly people need. Samuel Preston, a sociologist, studied 【C6】______ the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the 【C7】______ American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. 【C8】______ , because people today live longer after an illness than people did years 【C9】______ , family members must provide long term care. More psychologists have found that all caregivers 【C10】______ a common characteristic: All caregivers believe that they are the best 【C11】______ for the job. In other words, they all felt that they 【C12】______ do the job better than anyone else. Social workers 【C13】______ caregivers to find out why they took 【C14】______ the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative. Many caregivers believed they had 【C15】______ to help their relative. Some stated that helping others 【C16】______ them feel more useful. Others hoped that by helping 【C17】______ now, they would deserve care when they became old and 【C18】______ . Caring for the elderly and being taken care of can be a 【C19】______ satisfying experience for everyone who might be 【C20】______ . [br] 【C18】
选项 A、elderly
B、dependent
C、dependable
D、independent
答案 B
解析 词义辨析题，elderly 意为“年纪稍老的”，dependent 意为“依靠别人的”，dependable 意为“可靠的”， independent 意为“独立的”，此处句意为“当他们老了需要依靠别人时，他们应该得到照顾”，所以B正确
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